You draw a card at random. Without replacing the first card, you draw a second card at random. What is the probability of drawing a 5 and then a 6? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.
Q. You draw a card at random. Without replacing the first card, you draw a second card at random. What is the probability of drawing a 5 and then a 6? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.
Calculate Probability of Drawing 5: Determine the probability of drawing a 5 from a standard deck of 52 cards.There are 4 fives in a deck of cards (one for each suit). The probability of drawing a 5 is the number of fives divided by the total number of cards.P(Drawing a 5)=Total number of cardsNumber of fives=524=131
Calculate Probability of Drawing 6: Determine the probability of drawing a 6 after having drawn a 5, without replacement.After drawing a 5, there are now 51 cards left in the deck. There are still 4 sixes in the deck since we have not drawn a 6 yet. The probability of drawing a 6 from the remaining cards is the number of sixes divided by the remaining number of cards.P(Drawing a 6 after a 5)=Remaining number of cardsNumber of sixes=514
Calculate Combined Probability: Calculate the combined probability of both events happening in sequence (drawing a 5 and then a 6 without replacement).The combined probability is the product of the probabilities of each individual event.P(Drawing a 5 and then a 6)=P(Drawing a 5)×P(Drawing a 6 after a 5)=131×514
Simplify Final Probability: Simplify the expression to find the final probability.P(Drawing a 5 and then a 6)=131×514=13×514=6634
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